Inventor · Los Gatos, CA, US

Thomas J. Edsall

136Patents
37h-index
111Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 14, 1997 → Jan 19, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7573916B1 Multi-function high-speed network interface Electricity 267 Active
US6643260B1 Method and apparatus for implementing a quality of service policy in a data communications network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 195 Expired
US6892237B1 Method and apparatus for high-speed parsing of network messages Electricity 174 Expired
US9654409B2 Method for scaling address lookups using synthetic addresses Electricity 156 Active
US9686180B2 Managing routing information for tunnel endpoints in overlay networks Electricity 146 Active
US9544224B2 Virtual port channel bounce in overlay network Electricity 145 Active
US7206288B2 Methods and apparatus for characterizing a route in fibre channel fabric Electricity 142 Expired
US7599360B2 Methods and apparatus for encapsulating a frame for transmission in a storage area network Electricity 135 Expired
US6266705A Look up mechanism and associated hash table for a network switch Electricity 134 Expired
US6457058B1 Network switch with hash table look up Electricity 127 Expired
US6762675B1 Method and apparatus for remote powering of device connected to network Electricity 112 Expired
US6735198B1 Method and apparatus for updating and synchronizing forwarding tables in a distributed network switch Electricity 108 Expired
US6831898B1 Multiple packet paths to improve reliability in an IP network Electricity 88 Expired
US6714985B1 Method and apparatus for efficiently reassembling fragments received at an intermediate station in a computer network Electricity 86 Expired
US7830793B2 Network device architecture for consolidating input/output and reducing latency Electricity 81 Active
US9590914B2 Randomized per-packet port channel load balancing Electricity 75 Active
US6807172B1 Method and apparatus for learning and switching frames in a distributed network switch Electricity 74 Expired
US6463068B1 Router with class of service mapping Electricity 66 Expired
US7130272B1 Method and apparatus for performing high-speed traffic shaping Electricity 64 Expired
US9654385B2 Multicast multipathing in an IP overlay network Electricity 63 Active
US6147993A Method and apparatus for implementing forwarding decision shortcuts at a network switch Electricity 61 Expired
US7899048B1 Method and apparatus for remotely monitoring network traffic through a generic network Electricity 59 Active
US7433948B2 Methods and apparatus for implementing virtualization of storage within a storage area network Physics 59 Expired
US7106731B1 Router with class of service mapping Electricity 55 Expired
US6798746B1 Method and apparatus for implementing a quality of service policy in a data communications network Electricity 54 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.